Are hepatic steatosis and carotid intima media thickness associated in obese patients with normal or slightly elevated gamma-glutamyl-transferase?

BACKGROUND: Hepatic steatosis (HS) has been associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS), conditions carrying a high risk of coronary artery disease. We aimed to determine whether HS was an independent factor of atherogenic risk beyond its association with MS and its components. METHODS: We a...

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Autores principales: Tarantino, Giovanni, Finelli, Carmine, Colao, Annamaria, Capone, Domenico, Tarantino, Marianna, Grimaldi, Ernesto, Chianese, Donato, Gioia, Saverio, Pasanisi, Fabrizio, Contaldo, Franco, Scopacasa, Francesco, Savastano, Silvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22424154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-10-50

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